January 11, 2010, 12:58PM

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — A student at a northeastern Pennsylvania Roman Catholic college is facing charges for allegedly urinating on a public nativity scene. Police in Wilkes-Barre say Nathan Strawn, 22, was seen urinating on the city’s nativity scene early Sunday morning. Strawn is charged with public drunkenness, indecent exposure, open lewdness and desecration of venerated objects. Police identified Strawn... Full story »

December 17, 2009, 2:42PM

WILKES-BARRE — Officials in northeastern Pennsylvania have removed a pair of religious holiday symbols from a public space after being threatened with legal action. Luzerne County commissioners took down the creche and menorah from the courthouse lawn today after receiving an objection from two civil liberties groups. The ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State told the... Full story »

December 19, 2007, 10:19AM

The owner of a Bangor funeral home says pieces of a nativity scene stolen from the front porch earlier this month are irreplaceable. John Fiore has been displaying the nativity scene outside Fiore Funeral Home at 230 Market St. for 21 years, and now baby Jesus and a nesting lamb are missing."Where has the Christmas spirit gone, that they... Full story »